American Literature Before 1880

by Robert Lawson-Peebles

Book Overview

American Literature Before 1880

attempts to place its subject in the broadest possible international perspective. It begins with Homer looking westward, and ends with Henry James crossing the Atlantic eastwards. In between, the book examines the projection of images of the East onto an as-yet unrecognised West; the cultural consequences of Viking, Colombian, and then English migration to America; the growth and independence of the British...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0582495229
• ISBN13: 9780582495227
• Release Date: November 2003
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 352 Pages